Improved vehicle for transporting machines



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Rtented Nov. 16, 1869.

Zn venl'or ah mem GEORGE W. WHEELER, 21), 0E NEWWIIPSWIOH,NEWYHAMPSHIRE.

Letters Patent N 97,009, dated November 16, 1869.

IMPROVED VEHICLE FOR. TRANSPORTING- MACHINES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of thQsame To all to whom these presents shall come Be it known thatl, GEORGE\V. \VHEELFR, 2d, of New Ipswich, in the county ot"Hillsborough, andState of New Hampshire, have made an invent-ion of a new and usefulVehicle for Tiansportin g Mowing-Machines, and other heavy articles; anddo hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, due reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawing, .inaking part of this specification, and in which Figure 1 is aperspective representation of my invcntiou.

The inconvenience resulting from drawing a mowing-machine over fields,owing to its bulky and complicatcd nature, is understood and appreciatedby fariners and owners of such machines, and a carriage has bng beenneeded, upon which to transportsuch machines, to protect them againstinjury irom dust and gravel, and from unnecessary wear.

I have, in my invention, produced a vehicle, which, though extremelysimple and economical, yet will economize many times its costyearly, inpreventing wear and injury to'a mowing-machine.

The invention consists of astout frame,a, composed of two side-rails, d(I, and'two or more cross-bars, c e, mounted at its rear end upon anaxle, b, and two wheels, 0 0, the extent of the rearward projection ofthis frame beyondthe axle being such, that upon running the wheels of amowing-machine upon it, it shall be about equipoised, or with the excessof weight beyond the axle, in order to raise its forward end withoutexertion ou the part of the laborer.

The forward ends of the side-rails cl (1 are scarfed upon their upper orunder sides, in order that the mowing-machine or other object shalleasily mount them without impediment, while to the upper face of theinner edge of each rail, I erect a ledge or guard, f, to insure theproper position of the wheels of the mowing-machine, and to accommodatethe carriage to trans I port machines of different sizes andmanufactures.

The cross-bar e is to be provided with a bolt, 9, for

attachment to a convenient part of the mowing-mahen it becomes desirableto transport a mowings machine for a distance, when out of work,whether; this transportation be over an ordinary road or a field", thecarriage above described is brought to it, and the forward part of suchcarriage placed upon the grounth The mowing-machine is then placed uponits side; rails until the wheels of such mowing-machine stand over orpass slightly by the centre of the axle, when the forward ends of suchside-rails will either be thrown upward against the under side of themowing-machine, by its own gravity, or are to be brought up thereto bythe attendant, the bolt being subsequently secured to any suitable partof such mowing-machine.

It will be apparentthata mowing-machine, thus accontred, may betrai'isportcd without wear or injury from any source.

The carriage, thus made, may be used to advantage in trans mrting heavyarticle's other than mowing-machines, though it was originated for thispurpose.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent,is-

A carriage for transporting mowing-machines, composed of the frame a,constructed and arranged upon an axle and wheels, substantially as shownand set forth.

GEORGE W. WHEELER, 21).-

Witnesses:

GEO. G. ROBBINS, LUCIUS O..UL1VER.

